This is an analysis of the poem La Cueillette that begins with:

Nous vînmes au jardin fleuri pour la cueillette.
Belle, sais-tu combien de fleurs, de roses-thé,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa bXbb XXXX aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111110 111100101011 10110110011 10011 11011011111 11001111010 11111101 1110001 111111101010 1001110111 11010100110 11001 0110011011 110001110111 11100101101 110001 11111011101 11011100110 11011111111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of La Cueillette;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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